Two scenarios where you would need a separate streamer
1 is if you wanted to use a service that wasn't supported by your Nucleus (Spotify, Amazon, Pandora) and did not want to connect a PC to your DAC. As long as you are using your library and Tidal or Qobuz you are good.
2. The one other scenario (and I face this) is if you can get an ethernet connection close to your system. My ethernet is 20' away and in a closet and adding a hot spot has proven challenging. Unfortunately the streamer I chose is not a proper Roon endpoint at the moment (Chord 2Go) and I am stuck connecting to it via airplay. I am irritated with Chord at the moment (and Roon). There was no need to implement this certified endpoint restriction in the middle of COVID 19.
1 is if you wanted to use a service that wasn't supported by your Nucleus (Spotify, Amazon, Pandora) and did not want to connect a PC to your DAC. As long as you are using your library and Tidal or Qobuz you are good.
2. The one other scenario (and I face this) is if you can get an ethernet connection close to your system. My ethernet is 20' away and in a closet and adding a hot spot has proven challenging. Unfortunately the streamer I chose is not a proper Roon endpoint at the moment (Chord 2Go) and I am stuck connecting to it via airplay. I am irritated with Chord at the moment (and Roon). There was no need to implement this certified endpoint restriction in the middle of COVID 19.